Seems like almost anger in the air about a dry hydrant. Its up to you. I am a Chief of a semi rural 109 sq mile fire District with half city hydrants. The other half is tanked. We do have dry hydrants that we use. They are great for us. The set up is quick and easy. If you do not have a dry hydrant, we still can't use your pond without a road. That is what we need doing a fire, accessable water. We have to have input before you install one. Access is everything. We will help you place it so the connection is on the correct side of out truck. The truck at the pond will stay there and pump water to the main road with a large hose. We will tell you what fitting to use for us to hook up to. Your home owner insurance is based on many things. One of them is distance to the closest hydrant. Now for the down side. We can completely drain a small pond, and yes we have done so. At best we can really stir things up. If its your house we save, so what. But would you give up your pond water and kill your fish for an empty barn down the road? Like I said, its up to you. I can not build a road to my pond so I do not have one. If I could afford the road, yes, for sure I would have one.
